Automobile trunk



Aug. 6, 1929. A. LowY AUTOMOBILE TRUNK Filed Aug. lO 1927 ,5 Fig. 2.

NI/ENTOI? 2 BY vy/ 4 Arron fr Patented Aug. 6, 1929.

UNITED STATES ADOLPH LOWY,` OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

AUTOMOBILE TRUNK.

Application filed August 10, 1927.

The present invention relates to i1nprovements in trunks, designedparticularly tor use on motor cars.

Trunks olz the type mentioned are usually mounted on a shelf or bracketupon the rear end olf motor vehicles, and are usually in the iorm oit anordinary trunk with the exception that they are narrower so as not tooccupy too much space. These trunksl are usually provided withV a hingedlid or cover, and it is 'for this reason that access cannot be easilyhad to the :interior oi the saine, attention being called to the tactthat the shelf or brackets above referred to are usually disposed atsome distance above the rear bumpers ot the motor vehicle. In. practiceit has been found that, in order to remove an object or article 'fromthe trunk, it o'l'ten necessary to step on the rear bumper ot the motorcar.

The main object of the present invention is to so construct the trunkthat easy access 'an be had to the interior thereof without beingcompelled to step onto the rear bumper of the car or Without making useof a ladder.

Another object ot the invention is to so construct the trunk that itcontains a plu-- rality ol? compartnlents, some of which are adapted toreceive suit cases, traveling bags and the like, and the others oit`which house drawers, all compartments being conven iently accessible,and some i said drawers being concealed from view and held Within theircompartments by the hinged. ends ot the trunk and other drawers beingprovided with means co-opeating with means on said hinged ends forholding the latter in their closing positions.

A further object ot' the invention is to provide a Atrunk of thecharacter specified which is simple in construction, efficient inoperation, durable in use and capable of manuizuzture on a commercialscale or :in other Words one which is not so ditiicult to make as to bebeyond the reasonable cost of such a contrivance.

A still further object oi the invention is to so design the trunk thatthe opening and. closing ol. its hinged ends is not interfered with bythe usual accessories mounted upon the motor car chassis and body.

With these and other objects in View, which will more fully appear asthe nature et the invention is better understood, the

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same consists :in the combination, arrangement and constrluitioin ol'parts hcreinaltcr described, pointed out in the appointed claim andillustrated in the accomlianying drawings, it being umlerstoml that manychang,v s may he made Vin the size and infoportion ot the several partsand details ot construction within the scope of the :niipendtal claim,without departing lrom the spirit or :amerilicing any oit the advantageso'lt the invention.

One ot the many possible emlaaliments of the invention is .illustratedin the accompanying drawings, in Which:

lligure 1. is a central vertical longitudinal section tahen through atrunk constrruled in accordance with the present inwntion; Fig. 2 is anend view thereolf'; Fig. S3 is a l'ront view of the saine, one o'f thehinged ends ot the `trunk being shown in open position; and liig. 4. isa section taken on line mllwwt ot Fig. 2, on a larger scale.

In the drawings, the numeral :indicates thel body portion of: the trunkwhich is in the torni olf an. oblong rectangular casing comprising abottom l1, side falls l2 and a top 1.3. suitable material, 'tor instancewood, covered by leather or like material, not shown, and its elementsmay be united in any preferred manner. l1`he ends oll' the trunk are,hinged atto the top 13 and are lach ln'ovided along their longitudinal.edges with Mango-i 1.6. which overlap the vertical edges ol' the sidesoit the casing, as clearly shown in Figs. 3 and @l ot the drawings. 'lheends are shorter than the heights ot the side walls,` ttor a purposehereinafter to be described. The interior ot the easing thus constructedis divided. by a transverse vertical partition `17 into compartments 18and 19, the part-i-` tlon being placed close to one of the trunk ends'sothat one ol. the said com])artnunits is considerably larger than theother one. In the eornpartmelit 18 :is iliormed a shelf 20, onto whichmay be placed one or more traveling bags or snit eas s 2l and the like,and below the said sheli slidahly arranged a drawer 22. The cmnpartmcnt1t), on the other hand, is provided with a plurality ot shelves 23, oneach ol which is slidably arranged. a drawer 24. The lowerniost shelf 23is disposed in alignment with the shelf above referred to, and belovs7the saine is slidabl` arranged a drawer 24C. Tl nds .la of t ie trunkextend, when in than. i.

'.lhe casing may he made, ol'v any positions, below the shelf 20 and thelowermost shelf 23, respectively, as clearly shown in the severalfigures of the drawings.

Below the shelf 2() and lowermost sheltl 23 are provided in each side 12of the trunk apertures 25, in alignment with apertures 26 in the drawers22 and 24, respectively, and into each set of registering apertures isadapted to be fitted a locking pin 27, provided with a suitable means bywhich said locking pins may be disengaged from the trunk and the drawersmentioned. These means may be of any suitable construction. In the caseillustrated, it is in the form of a leather flap 28, the said flaps andlocking pins being concealed from view by the flanges of the trunk endswhen the latter are in their closing positions. In order to hold thesetrunk ends in closing positions, keyoperated locking means are provided,each locking means consisting of two elements, denoted by the numerals29 and 30, the elements 29 being Vfastened in any suitable manner to thetrunk ends and the elements 30 being mounted upon the drawers 22 and 24.In addition to this, each flange 1G carries a latch member 31 for(zo-operation with a latch member 32 on one of the sides 12 of the trunkbody;

In order to hold the trunk ends in their open positionswhen swung aroundtheir hinges, brackets 33 are pivoted at 34 to the outer faces of thetrunk sides 12. Then the said brackets are swung outwardly to thepositions shown in Fig. 3 of the drawings, they form supports for thetrunk ends. The brackets are adapted to swing inwardly against the outerfaces of the trunk sides and are concealed from View by the ianges 16 ofthe trunk ends, when the latter are swung to closing positions.

In Fig. l of the drawings, the trunk is illustrated in its closedposition, in which the locking pins 27 prevent withdrawal of the drawers22 and 24. The trunk ends are thus prevented from being swung aroundtheir hinges l5 toward opening positions, the co-operating locking means29 and 30 being'prevented from disengagement by key operated lockingmechanisms. If access is to be had to the compartment 18 of the trunk,the respective trunk end 14 is swung around its hinge 15, after thelatch members and the lock members have been disengaged, and supportedby the respective brackets 33 in horizontal position in the plane of thetrunk top. rlhe drawer 22 may then be withdrawn after first disengagingthe locking pins thereof from the trunk sides and the said drawer. Ifany one ot' the drawers 23 is to be removed from the trunk, the trunkend co-operating with the same is shifted into the position shown at theright-hand side ot Fig. 3 ot the drawings, whereby all drawers may bewithdrawn wit-h the exception of the drawer 24J, which may be removedonly after its locking pins are disengaged therefrom and from the trunksides.

It is to be noted that there is nothing on the car body or car chassiswhich interferes with the opening and closing of the trunk ends, and itis also to be observed that aecess may be had to the trunk compartmentswhile the user stands on the ground, in contradistinction to the trunksheretofore in use, in which, after the trunk cover or lid has been swungto open position, the user has to stand either on the rear bumpers ofthe car or on some high object in order to reach the articles within thetrunk compartments. It will be seen from the foregoing that theinvention herein described is of simple construction, compact and isadapted to be mounted on automobiles of any type.

that I claim is:-

An automobile trunk comprising a easing consisting of a bottom, sidewalls and a. top, two drawers on said bottom slidable in oppositedirections, a trunk end hinged to each free edge of said top adapted toengage the casing, each trunk end extending below the top ot one of saiddrawers when in engagement with said casing sides, means for ixing saiddrawers against movement in said. casing, locking means for securingsaid casing ends to said drawers, and tlanges along the vertical edgesotl said casing ends adapted to abut against the outer faces of saidcasing sides, said, flanges concealing from view said drawer lixingmeans when said casing ends engage said casing sides.

Signed at New York, in the county of New York, and State of New York,this 20th day of June, A. D. 1927.

ADOLPH LOW Y.

